Ethnic Differentiation, Interethnic Relations and Conflict in Central Asia: the case of the Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan D-A-CH-Project funded by the by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (2012–2016) [more]Contact: Günther Schlee (schlee@eth.mpg.de)

Transitional Justice in Protracted Conflict: local and diaspora conceptions of retributive and restorative justice between shari’a, customary and human rights law in Somalia and Ethiopia’s Somali RegionProject funded by the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF) (2011–2013) [more]Contact: Günther Schlee (schlee@eth.mpg.de)

Friendship and Kinship: on the difference and relevance of two systems of social relationships. The case of the Fulbe societies of northern Cameroon and northern Benin.This research was part of a comparative project “Freundschaft und Verwandtschaft” funded by the Volkswagen Foundation (2002–2005) [more]Contact: Günther Schlee (schlee@eth.mpg.de)